Vargas adapts Medina's Pura Belpré Award winner into graphic-novel form. This graphic adaptation is a fast-paced page-turner. Vargas keeps the text to a minimum and communicates much of Piddy's inner turmoil wordlessly, proving the effectiveness of this format. A decade on, as relevant as ever and likely to capture the hearts of even more readers. --Kirkus Reviews A minimalist color palette consisting of cornflower blue, black, white, and grays reflects the weight and solemnity of Piddy's difficulties while also softening some of the severity of her experiences. A carefully and skillfully ­approached, modernized adaptation that is sure to introduce Piddy and provide understanding to a new crop of teen readers. --School Library Journal Ten years after its original publication, Medina's award-winning story (BCCB 03/13) gets the graphic novel treatment, bringing new depth to a teen girl's efforts to navigate adolescence in the face of persistent bullying. An essential addition to young adult and graphic novel shelves alike, this version will get this compelling story of resilience into the hands of a whole new cohort of adolescent fans.

--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books In recognition of the 10-year anniversary of Meg Medina's Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass , Mel Valentine Vargas has adapted the Pura Belpré Award-winner into an inventive, compelling graphic novel. Vargas creates a new lens through which to view Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez's story by using sparse dialogue and highly emotive, limited-palette illustrations. a stirring account of school bullying that remains pertinent a decade after Medina's original release. By offering the story in the graphic novel format, Vargas makes Piddy a superhero as well as a protagonist who can teach bully victims that they can be the superheroes of their own stories. --Shelf Awareness.